Vedat Deviren MD | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Associate Professor in Clinical Orthopaedics
Spine Center

Parnassus Heights:
400 Parnassus Ave., ACC, Third Floor, San Francisco, CA 94143
(866) 81-SPINE (Phone) / (415) 353.4047 (Fax)

devirenv@orthosurg.ucsf.edu

Biography

Dr. Vedat Deviren specializes in the treatment of spinal disorders in children and adults. He has a strong clinical interest in problems affecting the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including deformities such as adult scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, failed back surgeries, degenerative conditions such as herniated discs, spinal stenosis, fractures and tumors.

Dr. Deviren has a strong research interest in spinal disorders to provide and bring his patients the best health care service, form standard care to the most advanced technologies available. His research focused on outcomes of spine surgery, minimally invasive surgery, development of advanced techniques, spinal biomechanics and instrumentation of spine. Dr. Deviren has published numerous articles and abstracts on the subject of spinal disorders and their surgical outcomes.

Deviren is an Associate Professor in Clinical Orthopaedics in UCSF's . He completed his postgraduate theoretical and practical courses in orthopaedics and traumatology from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. He had further clinical training in Spine Surgery as a clinical and research fellow at UCSF. He joined the UCSF faculty in 2001.

Career

2007- Present: Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, USA
2003- 2007: Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, USA
2001- 2003: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, USA

Education

1999-2001: Clinical and Research Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (with Dr. David S. Bradford)
1999: Completion of Postgraduate Theoretical and Practical Courses in Orthopedics and Traumatology
1997-1999: Chief Residency, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey
1994-1999: Residency, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey
1993: MD, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Research

The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) in Degenerative Spinal Disorders: Defining the Threshold of Clinically Significant Change
Revision Surgery for Pseudarthrosis: When Is it indicated?
DDD vs. Spondylolisthesis
Comparison of Clinical and Radiological Outcomes following revision surgery for low grade Adult Spondylolisthesis
The Factors That Play a Role in the Decision Making Process of Adult Deformity Patients
Effect of Contouring on Spinal Rod Fatigue Strength
The effect of surgical techniques in treatment of Spondylolisthesis: Posterolateral Fusion vs TLIF
Does Addition of Transforaminal Interbody Fusion Improve the Surgical Outcome in Adult Lumbar Spondylolisthesis?
The effect of surgery on sagittal spino-pelvic measures of balance in spondylolisthesis and its relation to the clinical outcome
The value of sagittal spino-pelvic measures of balance to predict the natural history in developmental spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

Publications

Mok JM, Cloyd JM, Bradford DS, Hu SS, Deviren V, Smith JA, Tay B, Berven SH. Reoperation after primary fusion for adult spinal deformity: rate, reason, and timing Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Apr 15;34(8):832-9
Pekmezci M, Berven SH, Hu SS, Deviren V. The factors that play a role in the decision-making process of adult deformity patients Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009 Apr 15;34(8):813-7.
Buckley JM, Kuo CC, Cheng LC, Loo K, Motherway J, Slyfield C, Deviren V, Ames C. Relative strength of thoracic vertebrae in axial compression versus flexion Spine J. 2009 Jun;9(6):478-85. Epub 2009 Apr 11
Wang VY, Deviren V, Ames CP. Reconstruction of C-1 lateral mass with titanium mesh cage after resection of an aneurysmal bone cyst of the atlas J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb;10(2):117-21.
Ames CP, Wang VY, Deviren V, Vrionis FD. Posterior transpedicular corpectomy and reconstruction of the axial vertebra for metastatic tumor. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb;10(2):111-6.
JM Buckley, R Parmeshwar, V Deviren, and C P Ames; An improved metric for quantifying the stiffnesses of intact human vertebrae. Proc. IMechE Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine Volume 223, Number 5 / 2009
Mok JM, Guillaume TJ, Talu U, Berven SH, Deviren V, Kroeber M, Bradford DS, Hu SS Clinical Outcome of Deep Wound Infection After Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion: A Matched Cohort Analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Mar 15;34(6):578-83
Mac-Thiong JM, Labelle H, Parent S, Hresko MT, Deviren V, Weidenbaum M; members of the Spinal Deformity Study Group. Reliability and development of a new classification of lumbosacral spondylolisthesis. Scoliosis. 2008 Dec 10;3:19.
Mok JM, Durrani SK, Piper SL, Hu SS, Deviren V, Berven SH, Burch S. Extravasation of rhBMP-2 with use of postoperative drains after posterolateral spinal fusion. Spine. 2008 Jul 1;33(15):1668-74.
Deviren V, Patel VV, Metz LN, Berven SH, Hu SH, Bradford DS. Anterior arthrodesis with instrumentation for thoracolumbar scoliosis: comparison of efficacy in adults and adolescents. Spine. 2008 May 15;33(11):1219-23.
Mok JM, Berven SH, Diab M, Hackbarth M, Hu SS, Deviren V. Comparison of observer variation in conventional and three digital radiographic methods used in the evaluation of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine. 2008 Mar 15;33(6):681-6.
Mok JM, Pekmezci M, Piper SL, Boyd E, Berven SH, Burch S, Deviren V, Tay B, Hu SS Use of C-reactive protein after spinal surgery: comparison with erythrocyte sedimentation rate as predictor of early postoperative infectious complications. Spine. 2008 Feb 15;33(4):415-21.
Deviren V, Metz LN. Anterior instrumented arthrodesis for adult idiopathic scoliosis. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Apr;18(2):273-80. Review.
Berven SH, Deviren V, Mitchell B, Wahba G, Hu SS, Bradford DS Operative management of degenerative scoliosis: an evidence-based approach to surgical strategies based on clinical and radiographic outcomes. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Apr;18(2):261-72.
Metz LN, Deviren V. Low-grade spondylolisthesis. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Apr;18(2):237-48. Review.
Colleen Lindsey, MS; Vedat Deviren, MD; Zheng Xu, BS; Ru-Fang Yeh, PhD; Christian M. Puttlitz, PhD The Effect of Rod Contouring on Spinal Construct Fatigue Strength. Spine July 1,2006
Deviren, Vedat MD ; Acaroglu, Emre MD ; Lee, Joe BS ; Fujita, Masaru MD ; Hu, Serena MD ; Lenke, Lawrence G. MD ; Polly, David Jr MD ; Kuklo, Timothy R. MD [S]; O'Brien, Michael MD ; Brumfield, David MS ;Puttlitz, Christian M. PhD Pedicle Screw Fixation of the Thoracic Spine: An In Vitro Biomechanical Study on Different Configurations. Spine. November 15, 2005.
Cila Akin MD ; Pekmezci, Murat MD ; Yazici, Muharrem MD ; Alanay, Ahmet MD ; Acaroglu, R Emre MD ; Deviren, Vedat MD ; Surat, Adil MD The Validity of Lenke Criteria for Defining Structural Proximal Thoracic Curves in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine. 2006
D. Ananthakrishnan, S. Berven, V. Deviren, K. Cheng, J. Lotz, Z. Xu, C. Puttlitz. The effect on anterior column loading due to different vertebral augmentation techniques. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2005 Jan;20(1):25-31
Puttlitz CM, Deviren V, Smith JA, Kleinstueck FS, Tran QN, Thurlow RW, Eisele P, Lotz JC. Biomechanics of cervical laminoplasty: kinetic studies comparing different surgical techniques, temporal effects and the degree of level involvement. Eur Spine J. 2004 Mar 6
O'Neill CW, Liu JJ, Leibenberg E, Hu SS, Deviren V, Tay BK, Chin CT, Lotz JC. Percutaneous plasma decompression alters cytokine expression in injured porcine intervertebral discs. Spine J. 2004
Deviren V, Berven S, Deviren-Demir S, Hu SH, Bradford DS. Studies in the Modified Scoliosis Research Society Outcomes Instrument in Adults: Validation, Reliability, and Discriminatory Capacity Spine. 2003
Berven S, Deviren V, Smith J, Hu S, Bradford DS. Management of fixed sagittal plane deformity: outcome of combined anterior and posterior surgery. Spine. 2003 Aug 1;28(15):1710-5.
Berven S, Hu SH, Deviren V, Emami A, Smith JA, Bradford DS. Lumbar end plate osteotomy in adult patients with scoliosis.Clin Orthop. 2003
Berven S, Kao H, Deviren V, Bradford DS. Treatment of thoracic pseudarthrosis in the adult: is combined surgery necessary? Clin Orthop. 2003
Deviren V, Berven S, Kleinstueck F, Antinnes J, Smith JA, Hu SS. Predictors of flexibility and pain patterns in thoracolumbar and lumbar idiopathic scoliosis.Spine 2002
Emami A, Deviren V, Berven S, Smith JA, Hu SH, Bradford DS. Comparison of Results and Complications of Long fusion to the Sacrum in Adult Spinal Deformities: Loquat-Galveston vs. Iliac Screws vs. Sacral Screws. Spine. 2002
Smith JA, Deviren V, Berven S, Kleinstueck F, Bradford DS. Clinical outcome of trans-sacral interbody fusion after partial reduction for high-grade l5-S1 spondylolisthesis.Spine. 2001
Smith JA, Deviren V, Berven S, Bradford DS. Does Instrumented Anterior Scoliosis Surgery Lead to Kyphosis, Pseudarthrosis or Inadequate Correction in Adults? Spine. 2002 Mar
Berven S, Deviren V, Smith JA, Emami A, Hu SH, Bradford DS. Management of fixed sagittal plane deformity: results of the transpedicular wedge resection osteotomy.Spine. 2001
Deviren V, Berven S, Smith JA, Emami A, Hu SH, Bradford DS. Excision of hemivertebrae in the management of congenital scoliosis involving the thoracic and thoracolumbar spine. J Bone Joint Surg Br.
Acaroglu ER, Yazici M, Deviren V, Alanay A, Cila A, Surat A. Does Transverse Apex Coincide With Coronal Apex Levels (Regional or Global) in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine. 2001
Yazici M, Acaroglu ER, Alanay A, Deviren V, Cila A, Surat A. Measurement of Vertebral Rotation in Adolescent Idiophatic Scoliosis. The influence of patient s positioning on the measurements of rotation. J Pediatry Orthop. 2001

Presentations

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

INTERNATIONAL

Innovative Solution for Anterior Column Reconstruction
Eurospine 2006 Istanbul/Turkey
Adult Scoliosis, State of the Art; Revision Surgery
Hacettepe Orthopaedics and Traumatology Annual Alumni Meeting
September 30-October1 2005 Ankara/Turkey
The Effect of Rod Bending on Spinal Construct Fatigue Strength
32nd Annual Meeting International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
May 10-14 2005 New York/USA
Pedicle Screw Fixation of The Thoracic Spine an in-vitro Biomechanical Study on Different Configurations
32nd Annual Meeting International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
May 10-14 2005 New York/USA
Does additional posterior lumbar interbody fusion improve outcome over posterolateral fusion?
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Spineweek 2004 Porto/Portugal
Treatment of Thoracolumbar Scoliosis with Anterior Instrumentation Adult Versus Adolescent.
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 2002 Cleveland/USA
Predictors of Flexibility of Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis
Eurospine, Sweden September 2001

NATIONAL/REGIONAL

Scoliosis and New Trends
57th Annual California School Nurses Organization Feb 2007
Disc Artroplasty
Western Orthopaedic Association Nov 2006
Anterior Surgery: Indications, Technique & Implant Selection
Treating Complex Spinal Pathologies Monterey/CA
Avoiding Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery
Treating Complex Spinal Pathologies Monterrey/CA
Alternatives to Anterior Lumbar Disc Replacement
Treating Complex Spinal Pathologies Monterrey/CA
Limitation of Autogaft and Allograft
Spine Day Meeting San Francisco May 2006
Cevical Laminoplasty
Spine Day Meeting San Francisco May 2006
The role of interbody fixation in low gradre isthmic spondylolisthesis
Spinal Deformity Study Group Meeting Arizona April 2006
Factors that distinguish between patients choosing surgery and non-op care in Adult deformity
Spinal Deformity Study Group Meeting Arizona April 2006
Making sense of Spine Surgery
Spine Anatomy
Continuing education class for UCSF nurses Feb. 9, 2005
The Number of pedicle Screws and degree on intrinsic stability Determine Construct Stiffness in The Thoracic Spine
Orthopaedic Research Society, Washington DC Feb 2005
Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Patients with Spinal Deformity: Defining a Threshold of Change that Matters
Spinal Deformity Study Group Meeting San Diego April 2005
Does additional posterior lumbar interbody fusion improve outcome over posterolateral fusion?
Spinal Deformity Study Group Meeting San Diego April 2005

Grants and Awards

2006 SRS research award
2006 NASS research award
2003 Most Compassionate Physician, UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery
1998 E.F.O.R.T. travelling fellowship in Italy
1986 2nd Prize in the National Science Olympiad in Chemistry in Turkey
1986 3rd Prize in the National Science Olympiad in Physics in Turkey

Membership and Committees

AOSPine North America
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)
National Orthopaedic Society of Turkey
North American Spine Society (NASS)
Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
Spinal Deformity Study Group

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Associate Professor in Clinical Orthopaedics Spine Center

Associate Professor in Clinical Orthopaedics
Spine Center